New Delhi, March 8 -- The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on 28 February, targeting its key military and naval forces and killing some of the country's top leaders, including the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Following Khamenei's death, the Middle East has been plunged into a wider and renewed military confrontation after Iran launched attacks on US bases in Gulf countries. However, amid the ongoing tensions, the one country that has remained surprisingly quiet is Yemen.

According to an Al Jazeera report, the Houthis, an Iran-allied de facto authority in the northwestern part of Yemen, have restricted their support for Tehran to rhetoric and a mass protest denouncing the strikes. The same group has made repeated attacks o...